Wedding Planner/wedding assistant

Qualifications:

Degree/certificate in event planning, design, floral design, marketing, sketching (preferred)

Working experience in customer service (preferred)

Job Description:

FINO Decor is a Vancouver-based, professional, and creative team aiming for wedding and event decoration. Our team wants to create a one-of-a-kind experience for each of our clients with our professional knowledge, passion, and creativity.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Respond to new clients’s inquiries thru emails, phone calls and other channels;
• Set up consultations for clients to provide suitable planning and/or decoration service plans;
• Prepare clients’ documents, including but not limit to quotation, proposal, contract, timeline, checklist, etc.;
• Identification of venues for weddings;
• Identification and contracting of wedding professionals and service provides (suppliers, photographers, videographers, commissioners, musicians, etc. );
• Generate decoration plans for clients based on their requirements and budgets;
• Periodically checking in with the clients to ensure satisfaction and answer their questions;
• Coordinate the timelines and schedules for the clients and vendors;
• Coordinate with our own labour team and florist to ensure the wedding preparation;
• Coordination of deliveries and services on the wedding day;
• Follow up with clients after the service for reviews, wedding materials;
• Additional duties as assigned.

We hope you are:

• Patient, responsible, punctual, honest and trustworthy;
• With good communication skills, independent thinking and creativity;
• Fluent in spoken and written English;
• Proficient in Microsoft software and can adapt quickly with new software;
• Able to lift at lease 40 pounds.

Work schedule:

• Must be available for weekends and some weekdays, sometimes late nights due to the nature of our business.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 40 per week

Salary: $18.00-$26.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Extended health care
• Store discount

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Commission pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Burnaby, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)

Experience:

• Event/Wedding Industry: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

• Mandarin (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (preferred)
• Night Shift (preferred)
• Overnight Shift (preferred)

Work Location: One location